Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charles Manson in popular culture


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The result was delete. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 04:47, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Charles Manson in popular culture

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Yet another very trivial "pop culture" list. I had prodded this, but of course it was removed with no good reason. These pop culture articles are out of hand here. Here is a cluttered category (that I mentioned in another recent afd): Category:In popular culture. 128 articles in it, as well as 13 subcategories. I'm not saying all of them are horrible listcruft, but a good percent are. Moving long sections to new articles isn't needed, if it's just trivial notes with little to no notability shown. RobJ1981 04:28, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom.-- Sef rin gle Talk 05:06, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP is not a trivia collection Corpx 05:59, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. It's just a list of loosely associated topics (per WP:NOT) and is not an article treating the subject of Charles Manson in pop culture. ɑʀкʏɑɴ 15:35, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Another trivia article without sources.--JForget 01:06, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Although there is no denying the influence of Charlie Manson on the world (I personally think he's the reason that people no longer though hippies were cute after 1970)-- this article is the usual IPC checklist of every mention of Manson in a TV show or movie. Manson in popular culture would lend itself to a thoughtful, intelligent article, but this just a tally of times that scriptwriters thought of Manson.  Now I see why people hated the "Let's get out of here" article so much.... but hey, I'm learning. Mandsford 02:41, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per the comments above. Unfortunately, "in popular culture" is synonymous with list of trivia in Wikipedia terms almost every single time.  (jarbarf) 03:23, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. Oe of you admit that "Manson in popular culture would lend itself to a thoughtful, intelligent article". If that is so ,then it's a subject of cleanup, not delete. If it's "Another trivia article without sources", then it's a cleanup, not delete. Learn your terms, don't just take the easy way out and delete. -Violask81976 14:59, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Not that strong keep. Cleanup, not delete. Manson has loads of references in popular culture. Ab e g92 contribs 18:36, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Is somebody volunteering? If I see anyone make the move, then I would urge strong keep pending a revision.  Not me though-- I'm no fan of that cold-blooded, self-important sonofabitch.  Mandsford 00:42, 17 July 2007 (UTC)


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